old project, new twist: a heavy mando

[Creon]

hi yall. started meddling with my old beskar that i never finished new ideas and designs. feels good to be working on it again

im starting a new post because the old one is too big and it jut feels right the old can be viewed here http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f34/my-custom-heavy-mando-30757/

ok so i ordered a belt with puches and a boba fett armor plate package from ebay. Cut the cod piece as you can see in teh pics. the white new lower circular form on the chest plate is actually the collar piece, and the lower abdominal (just above the belt) is the butt piece. attached the diamond on the right shoulder piece, and the middle shoulder pieces you can see is from the original Fett chest pieces. using the original back plate and abdominal plate. planning for original knee pads


still waiting for a black visor.

 

[Creon]

ok so iv ordered up more sintra. i wonna make a new helmet that is less clonelike yet still has a heavy look. and i want a flack vest much like bobas og jangos.

 

[Nauur Baatir]

Lookin' good, vod'ika. I remember this bucket from way back when I used to be here regularly. Still rocks my socks.

 

[Jaro Krieg]

A little hint for weathering Plastic.

Lesser - is sometimes - more.

 

[Creon]

thanks vod! funny you remember the bucket shame im replacing it

all hints are appreciated, thanks jaro

 

[Creon]

bucket coming along

 

[Creon]

im having some problems making the dome. iv scanned the forums but havent found anything really helpfull. so any tips would be very much appreciated

 

[Joelight]

If you have tried to use the WOF templates and not been able to do it right let me give you a tip. When I made the dome for my helmet (all steel) I had a lot of trouble getting everything to fit right and had to use extensive amounts of bondo to get it to look good. Cut out all of the pieces of the templates and attach them together at the pointed ends. Also there are cross section forms included with the WOF templates these help get the shape right. The real trick is to make sure that the material you are working with is cut out accurately. Also if your material is really thick you will have to cut off a little extra material, about the same amount as your material is thick. I hope this helps a little. If you have any questions I will try to explain further.